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THE 



COMMODITIES 



OF THE ILAND CALLED 



Manati ore Long Ile 



WHICH IS IN THE 



Continent of Virginia. 







Imprinted by J. M. for J. G. S. 

And for f ale at the Jign of the Two Storks. 



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THE 



COMMODITIES 



Iland called Manati 

Ore Long lie w^ is in the 
Continent of Virginia. 

I. 

gp^ IRST thear grow 
^_r naturally ftore of 
Black Wilde Vines w'^ 
make verie good Ver- 
gies or Vinniger for to 
ue w^" meate or to drefle Stur- 
p;on but by the Frenchmens Arte 
b:ing boylde and ordred is good 
\/ine and remeanes for three 
nioneths and no longer. But re- 

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planting the vines in 2 yeares c 
will then be excellent Wine. 

11. 

There is alfo great ftore of deere 
theare and of three foarts, w^^ on! y 
by impaling the Thickets ore For- 
refts ore plafhing trees acrofle are 
eafely imparted. 

III. 

There are verie fayre Turkey,'^ 
fare greater then heere 500 in 
flocke w^^ infinite ftore of Berries, 
Chefnuts, Beechnuts and Maft ^ "" 
the feed on. 

iv. 

Thears Oacks of three fevral 
foarts, w'^ Afh and Wallnutt tn es 
fweet red Ceader & Pines, Fers 
and Deale, and Spruce for Marts 



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of Shiping and Afhe all excellent 
hudge and infenite, Pitch and Tarr 
and Mafts and Yeards for fhips of 
400 tunne heere worth 30 and 40 
£ a peece. 

V. 

Whole Groves of Wallnutt Trees 
to make Wallenutt oyle ore milke, 
in Fraunce worth ^20 a tunne 
and efteemed theare before other 
oyle or milke. 

VI. 

Groves of Mulberrie trees for 
Hike wormes w''^ in Ittalay are lett 
theare as howfes are heere for rent 
at 6|' the leaves of one Tree by the 
yeare and likewife are fo lett in 
fome part of the Province of 
Fraunce att ye like rates. 

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VII. 

Fitt places for to make bay falte 
in as low clay lands as y^ doe in 
Fraunce and foner becaufe hotter ; 
ore white falte by boyling brine 
theare made by the fonne. And 
y^ in New England and Verginea 
to y^ Fifhers is deerer folde than 
heere. 

VIII. 

Ther are alfo fitt places to 
build and launch ihips and fet up 
fawing mills for Timber and 
Plancke and Winfecote and for 
Cabonets of fweete red Ceader 
and Barrel boarde for the Canaries 
or Spaine. 

IX. 

Ther are Ponds of Frefh Watter 



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3 ore 4 miles in Compaffe to fet up 
Iron and Water Mills and fanday 
and Clay Cleefs likely for Iron 
Mines, and on y^ Continent North- 
wards heigh rockey hills w^^ Chrijft- 
alls fphure and glittering oare and 
after great raines and wafhings the 
bring a third w^^ fome Copper. 

X. 

Theare is infinite ftore of ftur- 
gion and mulliote very lardge : 
The mulliote is to be dryed and 
faked for Spaine, Canaries & 
Ittaley and are treble the price of 
Codfifh ore poore John and doe 
take them in nets by 500 att a 
draught in the fandey fholes: 
Wheras the Portugales 50 fayle att 
a time att Cape Blanque in Bar- 
barie doe hooke them, being much 



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leffe and not a quarter the gaine 
to be made by them and the quan- 
tatie of Sturgion great ftore, of y^ 
Roes of w^^ y^ make Caviarie and 
Potargo w''^ bringeth redday golde 
and iilver and retorneth from the 
Straites, Wines Frutes and Silks. 
And this is the Staple to imploy 
Ships and faylors 4. moneths: As 
in fommer where each man bred 
to fifh may erne £20 wages, £20 
to the honnor of the Ship and 
£20 to the Vi6luler as att thirds is 
the ufual cuftome of y^ Wefterne 
Fifhers. And for making of 
greene fifh dryde curd and traynde 
oyle is alfo 60 miles to the North- 
wards a Bancke where there is 
alfo good places to dry it as ftages, 
much better then in Newfound- 
lande, and is much bigger fifh. 
The fifhing begineth in Martch 



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and endeth in Jimne and fo is 
caught and fowlde before New- 
foundlande fifh is caught, and att 
double the gaine and is worth 20 
Marks a vyoge w''^ in Newfound- 
land is worth but J4. a fhare att 
the thirds. 

XI. 

The Planters and Coloney one 
moneth after Cattell brought as 
Cowes Goats and Hoggs doe digg 
and plant Mayfe, Wheate in Aprill 
and is reapt in Auguft ore planted 
in Junne and rept in October. 

XII. 

There is infinite ftore of grownde 
nuts, and fo much maft and walenuts 
as Hoggs increafe 20 for one in a 
year and Goats three for one w^^out 
anney chardge. 

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XIII. 

Ther are deere breede 2 a peece 
of w^^ y^ heigheft are 1 6 handfulls 
and ther is alfo a race of Bufaloes 
w''^ will be ridden and brought to 
draw and plowe and be milked. 

XIV. 

The trade for hatchets knives 
and nayles beads and toyes w^^ the 
Savages for their Beavers heere 
worth Ji: 2 a waight and otters 
and deere fkins and for their Mayes 
wheat is worth ten for one by way 
of trucke. 

XV. 

Ther is infinite ftore of Fowle 
and Egs of all foarts, of ponds of 
frefh fifh moft excellent, fea and 
fhell fiih in abondance and 1000 



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loade of oyjfter fhells in a heape to 
make lyme of. 

XVI. 

By letting out a Pond 500 ac of 
meadow 8c Curable Lande is made 
in a weeke. 

XVII. 

Irifh Cowes of y^ Englifh breede 
at 5B1 io|' in Aprell are befttobe 
carried w'^ y^ PafTengers goeing 
50 in a fhip, w^^ oate meale and 
wheat meale. 

XVIII. 

He that can lay out 5B20: for a 
man's armes, bedding, victualls, 
wages and Paffage w^^ a Carpenter 
ore Woodman may erne for it 
after in building fhiping Barrell 

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board Wenfcott and maft &c £60 
p"^ ann. 

XIX. 

A Fifher in fix moneths may 
make his Wages worth J 60 per 
ann. 

XX. 

For Pitch and Tarr and hops 
and woade and Hike grace & fine 
flax w'^^ growes theare. 

XXI. 

Ther is Greene Tobacco & dryed 
w^^ you may have theare by way 
of trucke w^^ the Savages. 

XXII. 

The firft yeares chardge will be 
to builde and to fortefie and to be 
provided of Laborers and not of 



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Droanes and factious Mutino'' but 
good tradefmen is the gaine. 

XXIII. 

As for freedom and pleafure to 
hancke hunt iifh and fowle theare 
is great varietie and alfo all daynties 
of fruits that Ittaley or the Gardens 
of Spaine affordeth may be had 
out of thofe ritch grownds, for it 
is as hott as Spaine ore Ittaley and 
as full of pleafure and comforte. 

XXIV. 

The Winter for y^ space of two 
moneths is as fharp as heere, and 
ftormes then, for by reafon of the 
raine and the woods being fo thick 
the fonne enters not. 

XXV. 

The Spring Waters thear are as 

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good as fmall beere heere, but thofe 
that com from the Woods are not 
fo good but alltogeather naught. 

XXVI. 

By unitie and focietie of Part- 
ners fecuritie and hope of gaine 
growes if order and diflapline & in- 
telligence w*^ the Savages Verginia 
on the Sowth, New England on the 
North, the Dutch Plantation 60 
miles on the Weft be had. 

XXVII. 

So that 30 idle men as fouldiers 
or gent be reftdent in a rownd ftone 
towre and by tornes to trade with 
the Savages and to keep their Or- 
dinance and Armes neat, fo y^ 300 
in one Coloney of Tradefmen, fo 
y^ 100 of them be Negro flaves 
condemned men or apprentaftes 



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will free all danger if a Govner for 
his Watch and Ward and trayninge 
and ammunition be carefull, And 
y^ 8 of y'^ Planters be in Councell 
w^^ their voyces w^^ the Govnor to 
fee all Planters and Searvants and 
all Tennants y^worke att halfe in- 
coraged & well ufed. And y^ to 
worke in fommer clofe all lande 
from tenne till two out of y^ fhade 
& abroad in the Water for after it 
is hott and y^ muft reft. 

XXVIII. 

The Partners are willing to 
mentaine y^ Govnor & 2 men to 
wayte on him & a Steward & a 
Factor & his man theife to be att 
the chardge of y^ Adventurors and 
25 Soldiers and 25 marriners to 
trucke and trafficke by torne w^^ the 



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Savages and never above tenn of 
them abroad at once in a Pinnace 
planqued againft arrowes. 

XXIX. 

And laftly the feare of the Span- 
iards or Forriners theere are litle "by 
reafon the fowndings and CoafI: to 
them is unknown unto aney, Beiides 
the Verginnians being neer us 
where are 4.000 Inhabitants and 
the Barmodes 2000, the two Dutch 
Foarts 2000 New Plimmouth and 
Salem 2300 All theife in three dayej 
faile and fome in one are allyed 
unto us to aflijft us if need require 
againft anny ftrangers. As for tht 
Savages 10 peeces will affright 3 00 01 
them and put them to flight, having, 
no other defence for themfelves but! ' 
bowes and arrowes and all naked 
People. 



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